Politics & Business
The penny drops in Canada – Undercutting
of resident IT workers by intra-company transfers addressed with immediate
effect
The penny drops in Australia – Living
away from home allowance for migrant workers scrapped to prevent undercutting of resident workers and
raise an estimated $659.4m revenue in 2015-16
Intra-company transfers sleight of hand at the Home Office – Immigration figures to drop 20,000 as Home Office 'massages' numbers
Britain’s got talent – Accenture plans to hire 2,000 staff across the UK in
2014
IT consultancies are collapsing in increasing numbers – Exaro Insolvency Index
Low morale in IT departments increases with
outsourcing and is causing problems
It is called investing in people……Net-A-Porter technology graduate scheme
“…Applicants must have science backgrounds, but beyond that are not expected to
have any specific knowledge of software or coding languages”
Lloyds may have replaced 1,300 UK IT workers with Indian contractors
Joined up immigration policy in the UK Government
David
Cameron’s speech on immigration 14th April 2011 ……”So I completely reject the idea that our new immigration rules will damage
our economy.”
Higher Education Statistics Agency – Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education in the
United Kingdom Academic year 2011/2012. The report shows that Computer Science graduates continue to have the highest level
of unemployment (14.9%) of any course 6 months after graduating.
Public Accounts Committee report on the Immigration Points Based System published
on 17th May 2011 a damning indictment of UKBA management and
Government Policy.
Third of government website internships 'unpaid'
Tax from plumbers helps fund tax free allowances for migrant workers
Keith Vaz and winning the argument on immigration but who
is arguing for the resident worker?
Damian Green speech 02/02/2012 Making immigration work for Britain
Wikileaks
American Embassy London 2009-07-01 - UK EFFORTS TO MANAGE MIGRATION AS RISING UNEMPLOYMENT
LOOMS (C-RE9-00762) “MAC chairman professor Metcalf confirms that
while many companies used intra-company transfers legitimately and brought
workers to the UK for up to 6 months, some workers have stayed for three years,
undercutting labor costs and displacing local workers.”
American Consulate Chennai 2009-03-13 – NON-IMMIGRANT VISA FRAUD - B1/B2 and H-1B are the top
two categories for fraud
European countries set more realistic minimum pay levels
Holland EUR 50,183 minimum salary
for non EU migrant workers
Problems in the USA
Video - Obama confronted on H-1B use during Google+ hangout
How the U.S Lost out on iPhone work
Overseas Call Centers Target Of Anti-Outsourcing Bill
Programming jobs fall, despite Labor Department's outlook
A lesson in immigration and offshoring for 2012 hopefuls
Large-Scale Visa Fraud Alleged at Infosys in US
Indian Outsourcing
Firms Use H-1B to Displace U.S High-Tech Workforce
The H-1B and L-1 Visa programs: Out of Control in the US
H1B Visas Lower US Programmer Pay
In the news
TW - Sir Stewart Rose - Stop whining about migrants and get a job
CW - Marks & Spencer extends Cognizant outsourcing deal
CW - Marks & Spencer cuts in-house IT staff
CW - Public sector IT staff sees largest cut in 25 years
CW - Cost cutting is still the main reason to outsource IT
CW - Why should I study computer science when the jobs go offshore?
CW - Are UK IT students better off being trained in India?
CW - The Indian IT suppliers are still on steroids
CW - Indian companies are top importers of IT workers
CW - Half of UK IT professional have received no training in the last five years
CW - Over a quarter of UK IT professionals have had enough
DT - Immigration cap loophole sees massive surge
DT - Immigration does keep Britons out of jobs, government committee admits
DT - Graduate gloom as 83 students apply for every vacancy
